No Gods, No Masters - Part 1

Steps...

(1) Go to the Control Room in Hoover Dam and install the override chip.

(2) Activate the eastern power plant to power the Securitron Army.

(3) Exit out of the east side of the Dam.

(4) Head to the Legate's camp and deal with the Legate and Caesar's Legion.

(5) Confront the NCR.

Important Items...

None.

Once you've accepted Yes Man's offer to go to the Hoover Dam to head-off the Legion's advance from the east, and once the game itself prompts you that you've basically reached the point-of-no-return (a similar kind of prompt to the one you received in Doc Mitchell's house at the beginning of the game about Hardcore Mode), you'll be automatically transported to the Hoover Dam itself, where the battle is well underway. This is it. You're stuck on this path through to the end of the game, and you won't be able to quick-travel anywhere else. So we hope you properly prepared. If not, load up an old save and go about your business, and then reconvene with Yes Man when you're ready. When you arrive at the Hoover Dam, you'll find a grisly scene. The Legion and NCR are already doing battle. If you're following our walkthrough and our particular permutation through the game's main events, then the NCR should be your friends. Don't attack NCR soldiers, and they'll help you fend off Legion adversaries as they appear.

Your first task at the Hoover Dam is to reach the Hoover Dam Control Room, where a new Override Chip can be used. Getting to that location will require you to go through some hostile territory first, however. As you begin to cross the dam, small bands of powerful Legion soldiers will begin to show up, usually in crews of no more than three each. When they do, take cover behind some of the plentiful sandbags strewn all around, and return fire on them from afar. Naturally, your followers will help immensely here, as will your NCR friends. These particular elite Legion soldiers are no joke. They have powerful armor and weapons, and can both pack quite the punch, as well as take one. So don't take them lightly. You should be certain to scour their bodies for any goods you need as you move forward, too.

As you get further and further across the top of the Hoover Dam, explosions will rattle you, aircraft will screech by overhead, and Legion adversaries will continue to confront you. You can ignore the first tower you encounter on your right (unless you really want to explore it, though that's not covered here). The second and final tower you encounter near the far end of the dam, however, is another story entirely. You'll need to continue into and through this tower to proceed with the task at hand. If you continue down to the far end of the dam, you'll find a door there. This is the door that the Legion have been using to storm the dam, but you can't go through it, so you might as well ignore it. Instead, bear into the aforementioned tower to continue with the plan.

Once inside the building, things should be quiet for the time being. Don't bother going up the stairs, but instead take the nearby elevator up through the tower to a floor above. If you take a look at the map on your Pip-Boy, you'll find a location marked. This is the computer control room, which is your next target. You don't have to make a beeline straight there if you don't want to, however. You could very well take the time to explore all of the extraneous areas of the tower if you hadn't yet done so during an earlier visit. There are beds to rest on, some curative items to find, and more. You'll no doubt run into Legion and NCR corpses alike on the ground on some corridors as well. If you run into any Legion foes en route, remember to take them out, but for the time being, stay friendly with the NCR if you can. It will make your continuing voyage through their territory all the more easy.